In-depth analysis of pedestrian crashes in Riyadh

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 552-559

  Al Shammari, Naif ^a   Bendak, Salaheddine ^b   Al Gadhi, Saad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fatality; Injury severity; Pedestrian; Road traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450196039     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903175313     Document Type: Article

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